After graduating from high school, Mangum attended Louisiana Tech University , but dropped out. He moved to Athens, Georgia , and played in a band called Synthetic Flying Machine with Doss and Hart, but left shortly after the band was formed. He then became a vagabond , and lived in…
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According to journalist Luke Winkie, the release of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea inadvertently coincided with the rise of the Internet. In the late 1990s, music journalism websites like Pitchfork became more prevalent, and online message boards increased in popularity. Winkie believes this period was important to exposing Neutral…
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Neutral Milk Hotel originated in Ruston, Louisiana , in the late 1980s as a home recording project of musician Jeff Mangum . Initially using the name Milk, Mangum made the recordings while in high school. Early Milk recordings, such as Invent Yourself a Shortcake and Beauty , were shared between…
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